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fiddler
fid·dle F0105100 (fĭd′l)n.1. A violin, especially one used to play folk or country music.2. Nautical A guardrail used on a table during rough weather to prevent things from slipping off.3. Informal Nonsensical, trifling matters: "There are things that are important / beyond all this fiddle" (Marianne Moore).4. Chiefly British An instance of cheating or swindling; a fraud.v. fid·dled, fid·dling, fid·dles v.intr.1. To play a fiddle.2. To touch or handle something in a nervous way: fiddled with the collar of his shirt as he spoke.3. To make unskilled efforts at repairing or improving: fiddled with the broken toaster.4. To meddle or tamper: a reporter who fiddled with the facts.5. Chiefly British To commit a fraud, especially to steal from one's employer.v.tr.1. To play (a tune) on a fiddle.2. Chiefly British To alter or falsify for dishonest gain: fiddled the figures in the report.Phrasal Verbs: fiddle around To act foolishly, playfully, or without a clear sense of purpose: Quit fiddling around and get to work! fiddle away To waste or squander: fiddled away the morning browsing the internet.
[Middle English fidle, from Old English fithele.]
fid′dler n.fiddler (ˈfɪdlə) n1. (Music, other) a person who plays the fiddle, esp in folk music2. (Animals) See fiddler crab3. a person who wastes time or acts aimlessly4. informal a cheat or petty rogueThesaurus| Noun | 1. |  fiddler - a musician who plays the violin violinistinstrumentalist, musician, player - someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) | | 2. | fiddler - someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious mannertwiddlermanipulator - a person who handles things manually | | 3. | fiddler - an unskilled person who tries to fix or mendtinkererunskilled person - a person who lacks technical training |
Translationsfiddle (ˈfidl) noun1. a violin. She played the fiddle. 小提琴 小提琴2. a dishonest business arrangement. He's working a fiddle over his taxes. 欺騙行為 欺骗行为 verb1. to play a violin. He fiddled while they danced. 拉提琴 拉提琴2. (with with) to make restless, aimless movements. Stop fiddling with your pencil! (胡亂)擺弄 （胡乱）摆弄 3. to manage (money, accounts etc) dishonestly. She has been fiddling the accounts for years. 偽造作假 弄虚作假ˈfiddler noun 拉小提琴的人 拉小提琴的人fiddler crab a small crab, the male of which has an enlarged claw. 招潮蟹 招潮蟹on the fiddle dishonest. He's always on the fiddle. 不誠實 不诚实fiddler
pay the fiddlerTo face, accept, or suffer repercussions for one's actions or words, especially that would be expected to incur punishment. (A less common version of "pay the piper.") After three nights of heavy drinking, I'm really going to be paying the fiddler come Monday morning! With the judge handing down the maximum possible sentence, this monster will be paying the fiddler for the rest of his life.See also: fiddler, paydrunk as a fiddlerExtremely intoxicated. You're drunk as a fiddler, stumbling in here reeking of alcohol! I only meant to stay for one drink, but I wound up getting drunk as a fiddler.See also: drunk, fiddlerdrunk as a lordVery intoxicated. Do you remember last night at all? You were drunk as a lord!See also: drunk, lordfiddler's biddingAn invitation given unexpectedly, usually or at the last-minute. No, I think she only invited me because I happened to call her. It's just fiddler's bidding.See also: bidding*drunk as a lord and *drunk as a skunkvery drunk. (*Also: as ~.) After his fifth cocktail, Michael was as drunk as a lord. Judy bought herself a case of beer and proceeded to get as drunk as a skunk.See also: drunk, lorddrunk as a lordAlso, drunk as a fiddler or skunk ; falling-down or roaring drunk . Extremely intoxicated, as in He came home drunk as a lord. The three similes have survived numerous others. The first was considered proverbial by the mid-1600s and presumably alludes to the fact that noblemen drank more than commoners (because they could afford to). The fiddler alludes to the practice of plying musicians with alcohol (sometimes instead of pay), whereas skunk, dating from the early 1900s, was undoubtedly chosen for the rhyme. The most graphic variant alludes to someone too drunk to keep his or her balance, as in He couldn't make it up the stairs; be was falling-down drunk. And roaring drunk, alluding to being extremely noisy as well as intoxicated, was first recorded in 1697. Also see dead drunk. See also: drunk, lorddrunk as a lord (or skunk) extremely drunk.See also: drunk, lord(as) drunk as a ˈlord (British English) (American English (as) drunk as a ˈskunk) (informal) very drunk: I eventually found them in a bar, both as drunk as skunks. OPPOSITE: (as) sober as a judgeSee also: drunk, lorddrunk as a lordExtremely drunk. Members of the nobility could afford to keep quantities of wine, beer, and liquor on hand, and as much out of envy as stating a fact, the common folk described anyone, titled or not, who had a load on by that phrase. In these more egalitarian times, “drunk as a skunk” and, less elegantly, “shit-faced drunk” have replaced “drunk as a lord.”See also: drunk, lordfiddler's biddingLast-minute invitation. The image is a vacancy at a dinner table to which an itinerant fiddler who appeared at the door and asked to play for food was invited to join the household at the table.See also: biddingEncyclopediaSeefiddlefiddler
Synonyms for fiddlernoun a musician who plays the violinSynonymsRelated Words- instrumentalist
- musician
- player
noun someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious mannerSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun an unskilled person who tries to fix or mendSynonymsRelated Words |